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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 664<\/a> and 860<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2001, chapter 672<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 349<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 502<\/a> and 503<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57014,"section_number":"51.1-1203","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1203\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":235833,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79021,"identifier":"51.1-1207","token":"51.1\/12\/51.1-1207","url":"\/51.1-1207\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-1207\/","token":"51.1\/12\/51.1-1207","dublin_core":{"Title":"Determination of prior creditable service; information furnished by applicants for membership","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-1207","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any member<\/span> with eligible service prior to the effective date of membership may purchase up to 10 years of such service upon certification of his fire department or emergency medical services agency. Such purchase shall be prorated at the rate of one year for every two years of eligible service. The cost of such service shall be an amount as established by the Board. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the Board may grant qualified prior service credits to an eligible volunteer<\/span> firefighter or eligible volunteer<\/span> emergency medical services personnel, under such terms and conditions that the Board may adopt, if the Board determines that such volunteer has been denied such prior service credit through no fault of his own.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDETERMINATION OF PRIOR CREDITABLE SERVICE; INFORMATION FURNISHED BY APPLICANTS\nFOR MEMBERSHIP (\u00a7 51.1-1207)\n\nAny member with eligible service prior to the effective date of membership may\npurchase up to 10 years of such service upon certification of his fire\ndepartment or emergency medical services agency. Such purchase shall be prorated\nat the rate of one year for every two years of eligible service. The cost of\nsuch service shall be an amount as established by the Board. Notwithstanding any\nother provisions of this chapter, the Board may grant qualified prior service\ncredits to an eligible volunteer firefighter or eligible volunteer emergency\nmedical services personnel, under such terms and conditions that the Board may\nadopt, if the Board determines that such volunteer has been denied such prior\nservice credit through no fault of his own.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, cc. 664, 860; 2001, c. 672; 2002, c. 349; 2015, cc. 502, 503.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}